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Teishin Shudan (挺進集団,
Raiding Group) was a ****anese
special forces/airborne unit
during World War II. The unit was a division-level force, and was part...
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Communications (逓信省,
Teishin-shō),
which operated the
postal service. The mark is a
stylized katakana syllable te (テ), from the word
teishin (逓信（テイシン）, communications)...
- The TERA
rifles (****anese: 挺進落下傘小銃／挺身落下傘小銃, romanized:
Teishin Rakkasan Shoujuu) were
special ****anese
takedown rifles developed for
paratroopers of the...
- was an
airborne commando unit of the
Imperial ****anese Army
formed from
Teishin Shudan (IJA
airborne forces), in
November 1944 as a last-ditch attempt...
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Masakazu Kawabe.
Teishin Shudan ("Raiding Group") was the IJA's
special forces/airborne unit
during World War II. The word
teishin may be
literally translated...
- Ōe no
Chisato (大江千里)
Kanke (菅家)
Minister of the
Right of Sanjō (三条右大臣)
Teishin-kō (貞信公)
Middle Counselor Kanesuke (中納言兼輔)
Minamoto no
Muneyuki Ason (源宗于朝臣)...
- hair
short and
becoming a
Buddhist nun. She was
renamed Lady
Teishin-ni (貞心尼).
Teishin-ni
helped rear the
young Uesugi heir,
Uesugi Sadakatsu, eventually...
- Type 95 Ha-Go
light tanks. The
paratroop brigades were
organized into the
Teishin Shudan as the
first division-level
raiding unit, at the main ****anese airborne...
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generosity abound. On his deathbed, Ryōkan
offered the
following death poem to
Teishin, his
close companion: 裏を見せ 表を見せて 散る紅葉 うらをみせ おもてをみせて ちるもみじ ura wo mise /...
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limited their operations to only the most
critical ones. Two
regiments of
Teishin Shudan were
formed into the 1st
Raiding Group,
commanded by
Major General...
